Articles tagged: "piano"
1: How To Play The Piano WIth Just Two Simple Chords
A lesson for beginning musicians on how to play full songs by understanding just two chords.
2: 4 Practical Strategies To Take Your Piano Playing To The Next Level
4 practical tips and strategies for musicians who want to take their playing to the next level!
3: 5 Core 'Getting Started' Tips For Playing Piano By Ear
Five tips for any musician wanting to get started playing by ear, without relying on sheet music.
4: How Do You Know When It 's Time To Tune A Piano?
Having your piano tuned is definitely the single most important part of the instrument 's maintenance, but unfortunately, very few piano owners follow a reasonable schedule when it comes to having their pianos tuned.
5: Which Piano Brands Are Best For Beginners?
Figuring out the best possible brand of piano to purchase for a player that is just beginning can be a pretty difficult task depending on the particular situation. No one can come right out and tell you what piano to buy, it 's a decision that you must work your way to with a good bit of research.
6: What Are Some Of The Most Expensive Brands Of Pianos On The Market?
Pianos, as a whole, can be a pretty costly investment. They often range into the double digits of thousands for even some of the lower end models.
7: Four of the Greatest Modern Classical Pianists of All Times
Every serious piano student eventually learns to play some of the most well-known classical pieces during his or her studies. Nary a pianist didn't learn Palchabel 's Canon in D or Beethoven 's Fur Elise. Even non-musicians recognize names like Bach and Mozart. But what about modern classical pianists who have also made notable contributions to cultural history?
8: Piano Improvisation: How To Create Exciting New Music As You Play!
Musical improvisation is the act of "writing" (creating it as you play) a song while performing it, a technique found most often in jazz, fusion and bluegrass (but can be traced back to renowned classical improvisers like Handel and Bach). Like any discipline, it can be learned through study and practice.
9: Piano Tabs: Learn To Play Fur Elise
In this piano lesson you will learn to read easy keyboard tablature. Piano tab notation is easy to read even if you do not know how to read sheet music. You will also learn to play an easy piano version of Fur Elise.
10: Piano Tabs: Learn To Play Happy Birthday To You
Piano tab notation will help you learn melodies without knowing sheet music. In this piano lesson you will learn to read easy piano tabs. You will also learn to play Happy Birthday To You!
11: Piano Tabs: Learn To Play Yesterday
In this piano lesson you will learn to read easy piano tab notation. You will also learn to play an easy piano melody with the help of tabs. We will use the popular song Yesterday as an example.
12: Piano Lesson: Are You Getting Better All The Time?
Do you feel that you progress as a pianist? The feeling that you become better as time goes by gives you incentive to keep on practicing. In order for you to succeed in your endeavors, let us take a look at your practicing habits!
13: Piano Lesson: The C-major Chord - How To Use The Right Scale
When you improvise you need to know the relationship between chords and scales. You can of course use your ear when you improvise over chord changes but you will benefit from the freedom of knowing what you are doing when you press down the keys to create music.
14: The Age Of The Electronic Keyboard
The electronic keyboard can be any one of many things - organ, piano, synthesizer or sampler. Learn more.
15: Piano Lesson: Why Not Have It All
I know classical piano players who are very good at reading sheet music. I also know pianists that has a tremendous ability to play by ear. How can you become a classical pianist having a good ear and the ability to play chords and improvising?
16: Discovering Great Contemporary Instrumental Music
“Music tastes change” That has to be one of the safest statements ever made
17: Create Your Recipe For Piano Playing Success By Combining These 12 Ingredients
Are you frustrated because you are making such slow progress in learning to play the piano Do you feel inept, incompetent, uncoordinated or untalented because it takes so long to master your favorite song
18: Piano Lesson: Let Performing Make You A Better Pianist
Performing your piano music can actually be a great way to develop as a pianist. By uplifting others by your music you will at the same time make your practice sessions more effective! You will also allow yourself to play at your peak level!
19: Piano Lesson: Practicing Tips For The Performer
Can your practice to become a better performer? What then can be practiced? Let us see what you can do to feel at ease when someone asks you to play the piano!
20: Do You Want Your Piano Playing To Sound Terrific? Start By Reading The Menu
One of my piano students once told me that every time she begins a new piece of music, she starts by reading the menu Have you ever gone into an unfamiliar restaurant and simply ordered your food
21: How Piano Students Can Get A+ Results By Using The 3 D’s
Have you ever wondered why some piano students really sound great Have you thought “she has talent”, I wish I could play like that
22: Why? Your Keyboard Success Comes From Answering This Key Question
Are you wondering when you’ll be able to play the piano with ease Do you wish you could improve your piano playing more quickly
23: What Makes A Piece Of Music A "Good Song"?
Most people say that a song is good if it has a good beat Do you agree
24: How To Memorize A Song The Easy Way
Do you always need to have the sheet music to play a song Do you wish you could sit down at the piano and just play like your favorite performers do
25: Playing Hymns & Gospel Songs On The Piano: A Treasure-Trove of Riches
Thousands of hymns and gospel songs have been written down through the years, and the beginning piano player is confronted with a richness of availability almost unknown in other music styles.
26: How To Play the Blues
Ah, the blues. One of the most well known forms of music. There 's no other music style quite like it, that has carried such an influence on other music styles and that has such a rich heritage. Surprisingly, though, the Blues isn't that difficult to play.
27: A Brief History of the Piano
The piano, that common instrument of school music programs, appears to be the ultimate expression of the stringed musical instrument, which date back to the lyre and the harp. Pianos (a shortening of the compound term "piano-forte") work by striking wires with felted (or leather headed) hammer
28: Piano Lesson: Compose And Become A Better Pianist
Everyone can compose sheet music! You have to start where you are and anyone can do that. You can create your own compositions for piano! Let 's see why you should!Where can you start?Maybe you find it difficult to notate sheet music. Well, you don't have to notate your music. You can record the
29: Online Music Lessons - A Good Way To Learn?
There are many musical instruments to choose from, depending on budget and personal preference. There are also various ways to learn. The traditional way is to learn your instrument on a one to one basis with a teacher. You could also learn from a book, a CD or DVD, or online. The problem with
30: Piano: Learn To Play Music In Time
It is a good thing to be on the right place at the right time, is it not? Sometimes we call this ability timing. When you play piano this is a very important skill. The result will be music!To play the notes at your piano on the right keys and with timing does not mean that your notes will be p
31: Music Theory & Harmony: The Key To Understanding How Music Works!
It 's a sad fact that most people, including piano players, regard music theory and harmony as some abstract concept that has very little to do with the songs they play on their pianos. Nothing could be further from the truth. Knowing music theory and harmony is the key to opening a whole new wo
32: Music Chords: How To Become a "Chord Detective" And See Through The Notes Right Into The Music!
Over the years I have been a piano teacher I have had many people call or write me and ask me something like this:"I play by ear, or by chords, but lots of music doesn't have chord symbols written in -- how do I know what chord to play when?""Our hymn book doesn't tell which chords to use -- ho
33: Piano Lesson: II-V-I Progressions In C Major
Let me give you some easy progressions that will help you in your improvisational piano playing!What is a progression?A progression is a set of chords played consecutively. Generally, successive chords in a chord progression share some notes, which provides harmonic and linear continuity to a p
34: Did You Know That Music Is Based On Natural "Laws"?
Did you know that music is based on natural "laws" -- like gravity -- and by learning to understand how those natural laws work we can actually understand what we are doing when we play -- we don't have to be at the mercy of what someone else has written on a piece of music?How many of these fa
35: Piano Lessons: Make Sure They Include Chords & Music Theory!
Proper piano instruction is an element extremely vital to learning the instrument well. Though it 's very possible to be a self-taught piano player, piano lessons can really increase the speed and efficiency with which one learns the instrument. That 's not to say that great piano instruction mak
36: Inversions: How To Stand a Chord On It 's Head
Many people get all confused when chords are turned upside down. They recognize them when they are in root position, but when you stand them on their head...well, it gets kind of fuzzy for folks.That 's understandable. We grow up playing chords in root position, which means that the name of the
37: The Immense Popularity of the Piano Continues To This Day
Every since about 1709 when Christofori announced that he had invented an instrument to upscale the harpsichord,the piano has been the premier musical instrument in terms of popularity and versatility.The harpsichord played all at one volume level -- no soft or loud. So when an instrument was i
38: Add Some Spice To Your Musical Meal By Using Diminished Triads
Major and minor chords are the meat & potatoes of a musical meal. To add saltiness to the meal, add a few diminished chords.There are four basic kinds of triads (3-note chords) in music:Major triads: composed of the root, major 3rd, and perfect 5th of a major scale. Minor triads: composed of th
